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Nantucket Stars
I did complete my nine center Nantucket stars on Tuesday. I need to sew them together, but haven't decided on which one should be in the center. Sometimes I think I think too much about things, and should just be more random. It actually looks pretty good as is in the photo! Sometimes I make…
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Nantucket Coming Along and Dementia Question
I have finished seven big stars for the center of Nantucket. I have followed the pattern instructions pretty much, making my stars all the same fabric, and the backgrounds scrappy. My sew along friends are choosing different options–mainly making their backgrounds the same. I kind of liked the controlled chaos of the scrappy backgrounds. This…
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Nantucket Triangles
I can hear you out there, saying, "What triangles in Nantucket"? I know, the quilt is made up of flying geese units to make the nine big star blocks and a gazillion nine patch blocks for the borders. What am I talking about? You know when you make flying geese units the "old fashioned" way? …
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Nantucket, All Cut Out
Welcome to the Nantucket Sew Along! Several people have emailed me to say they are going to be sewing along with Sinta, Lisa, Thelma and I, and I hope they will keep emailing to update their progress. The more people we get on board, the more like an online class it turns out to be.…
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Spinning My Wheels
This photo may not look too much different from the last one I posted, but I have actually made a few more blocks for my Antique Star project. Every block is such fun to make, and seeing the color combinations and the overall effect of the light blocks and dark blocks is really fun. I…
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Sunflower Sisters Reveal
I am so excited to share with you my Sunflower Sisters quilt! I made this quilt as a Sew Along with two friends, Thelma of Cupcakes "n' Daisies and Lisa of Stashmaster. We swapped red, gold, black and brown fabrics to give ourselves more variety, and gave each other lots of encouragement as we proceded…
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Sunflower Sisters Progress Update
This is what I accomplished on my vacation. Not great, but I will take it. Between reading three entire novels, accompanying my husband on lunch dates where we ate great food while observing Lake Tahoe, and watching more sunsets than I thought strictly necessary, I did squeeze in a little sewing. The good news is,…
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Progress Made, But I Can’t Share It
Trying to post some pictures while I am away from home this week. I am failing miserably! I can take pictures just fine, but when I try to download them to my husband's laptop, then upload them to Typepad it doesn't work. I am on a little getaway and took my sewing machine along. I…
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Sunflower Sisters Progress
The sunflower centers are coming along. I have actually made 12 small ones and 10 large ones, but am considering making my project smaller than full sized. I put up nine large blocks to see what it would look like if the top were three blocks by three blocks, and think I could live with…
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Sewing!
I actually got some sewing done yesterday in between making a crock pot dinner for the family, driving to the hospital to visit Grandpa, and having my nails done. All in all, a very successful day. Oh, and it started with a Pumpkin Spice Latte from Starbucks. It does not get much better than that.…